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The ZEGO ("Zest to go") is a <a href="/facts/Rackmount/yFvLAnBg">rackmount</a> server platform built by <a href="/facts/Sony/7x4tCtBd">Sony</a>, targeted for the video <a href="/facts/Post-production/RpqM8yLl">post-production</a> and <a href="/facts/Broadcast/AV1f3dGy">broadcast</a> markets. The platform is based on Sony's <a href="/facts/PlayStation_3/obhuo97V">PlayStation 3</a> as it features both the <a href="/facts/Cell_(microprocessor)/p2MIQjMc">Cell Processor</a> as well as the <a href="/facts/RSX_%2527Reality_Synthesizer%2527/dlw4FHpd">RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'</a>. It is aimed to greatly speed up postproduction work (in particular in the computationally extremely taxing <a href="/facts/List_of_common_resolutions/qYvsgrkk">4K resolution</a>), <a href="/facts/3D_rendering/6SqukntK">3D rendering</a> and <a href="/facts/Video_processing/n08sasRV">video processing</a>. In some respects it is rather similar to <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>'s <a href="/facts/QS22/XfHbTe6E">QS20/21/22 blades</a> (such as used in the <a href="/facts/IBM_Roadrunner/tXDaFkQM">Roadrunner</a> supercomputer that took the top spot in the <a href="/facts/Top500/rz8zbyss">Top500</a> in May 2008), although Sony seems to target the DCC (<a href="/facts/Digital_Content_Creation/quYqjEzb">Digital Content Creation</a>) markets rather than scientific like IBM, which can be seen by the inclusion of the RSX graphics processor in the ZEGO platform.
</p><p>ZEGO runs <a href="/facts/Fixstars_Solutions/AKaMN2qg">Fixstars</a>'s <a href="/facts/Yellow_Dog_Linux/rJ6ypIIv">Yellow Dog</a> Enterprise Linux, which was also Sony's favourite Linux distribution for the PlayStation 3.
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